What is the meaning of boss?

noun

• A person who exercises control over workers.
  • usage: "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
  • synonyms: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho
• A person responsible for hiring workers.
  • usage: "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
  • synonyms: hirer
• A person who exercises control and makes decisions.
  • usage: "he is his own boss now"
• A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments.
  • usage: "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
  • synonyms: party boss, political boss
• A circular rounded projection or protuberance.
  • synonyms: knob

verb

• Raise in a relief.
  • usage: "embossed stationery"
  • synonyms: emboss, stamp

adjective

• Exceptionally good.
  • usage: "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"
  • synonyms: brag